"Everyone applaud for me or there will be hell to pay!"
Posted on 04/07/2014 6:19:44 PM PDT by mandaladon
Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz politely denounced former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s defense of illegal immigration, explaining that breaking the law is not “positive and beneficial” and that turning a blind eye while illegal migrants cross the border “is not a humane system.”
Cruz appeared on CNN’s “The Lead with Jake Tapper” to discuss Bush’s comments from Sunday, when he attempted to somewhat justify illegal immigration by noting it’s “not a felony” and is an “act of love [and] commitment to your family.”
“There’s no doubt that immigrants come to this country because they are seeking a better world, they are seeking the American dream and they’re seeking a better life for their kids,” Cruz said. “And all of that is positive and beneficial. What isn’t positive and beneficial is breaking the law to do so.”
“In my view, we need to be a nation that welcomes and celebrates legal immigrants,” the senator continued. “People who follow the rules and come here according to the law. We’re a nation of immigrants, we need to celebrate that. But at the same time, rule of law matters. And if you look at any sovereign nation, securing your border is critically important.”
“And I’ll tell you one of the big reasons has to do with just the humanity of it,” Cruz explained. “If you come down to Texas and you see the conditions where — you see photographs that are heartbreaking, of bodies of women and children left abandoned in the desert, because they entrust themselves to transnational global criminal cartels who smuggle them in, assault them and leave them to die.”
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Its really pretty simple.
Why isn’t Jeb working to make Mexico a better place?
Ted is defining himself well.
Mexico won't accept a gringo el presidente.
Sen Ted Cruz counters Jebbie Bush’s illegal immigration comment ping.
That is where the focus should be.
The Corrupt Mexican Gov.
It’s against the law to be in the US illegally. What don’t these morons get??? Check out illegal immigration in other countries and see what happens to them especially Mexico where they come from!
"Everyone applaud for me or there will be hell to pay!"
“In my view, we need to be a nation that welcomes and celebrates legal immigrants,” the senator continued. “People who follow the rules and come here according to the law. We’re a nation of immigrants, we need to celebrate that. But at the same time, rule of law matters. And if you look at any sovereign nation, securing your border is critically important.”
Beautifully articulate.
Dang it he’s gonna anger the US Chamber of Commerce now, lol!
Why fix up a tumbledown shack when you can just break into the castle next door?
It never takes Ted long to speak up and set people straight. He’s the best out there.
Amen and Agree!!
Jeb is a Viking?
We should adopt mexico’s laws regarding illegal immigration. It would only be fair, right. Illegals who get caught in mexico have two choices: get thrown in a mexican prison, or get shot, with the latter being preferred. But we know that will never happen, with current US crony political-financial regime in place.
!! True!!
I believe that the Bush’s and all the other politicians believe they really are our betters. They expect to live in big haciendas and give orders to us peasants as they do in Mexico.
Trouble is they need more Mexicans to order around since Americans don’t take kindly to be bossed around.
the way the republicans win is to promise to cut the cost of water desalination and transport so as to deliver cheap water to any desert anywhere —especially in the American west and in Mexico. This will effectively turn the deserts green, increase the size of the USA by 1/3 and triple the size of Mexico.
Attach the republican brand to this and the republicans can win a lot of new constituencies. this attack on the price of water would be much better than anti carbon dioxide energies like wind and solar.
Thank you Ted Cruz, what a load Jeb Bush said, disgusting.
Uh-oh.
Okay, Ted, why does an immigration system, or any part of it, need to be "humane"?
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